New ACME outlet sounds worse

It sounds to me like you do not have enough time on them yet. I just purchased new cables and in the literature it explains alsmost exactly what your experiancing.Try giving it more time before you give up on them...

All above posters bring up some good points. From my past experience with various cryo’d outlets I’d say the Acme Silver Plated Cryo’d outlet needs to break in for about three more weeks on a refrigerator or freezer. At that point I’d bet it would sound pretty dramatic when incorporated back into your system.

Polarity correctness should be -
Black(hot) wire goes to outlet screw that is gold color.
White(neutral) wire goes to outlet screw that is silver color.
That's it!
Cheers,
Gregg

Brooks, the Acme outlets are very standard as far as connections go. The easiest way to check polarity is get an AC polarity checker at the local hardware store for $3 or so.

Sanding the wires was a good idea.

Brian Walsh

We are an Acme Audio Labs Dealer. Please note the following instructions. You will love it once it "burns in."

Using ACME Products

Cumulative Benefits
Greater sonic and visual benefits are realized with each additional outlet replaced with a Acme outlet on the audio/video AC circuit.

Product Break-in
All electronic components go through a process of break-in. Current flow through the components results in changing sound quality as the materials involved settle in. This process takes approximately 30 days (720 hours) of usage for the Acme products. It is important to evaluate the benefits of our products only after this process is complete.

Dan